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CAREERThree-year starter at punter for the Tigers from 2013-15 … Voted as one of four permanent Team Captain’s for the 2015 team … Capped career ranked No. 3 in school history in total punts (184), No. 3 in punting yards (7,837) and No. 5 in punting average (42.6) … For career, punted 184 times for 7,837 yards and a 42.6 average … Had 66 punts downed inside the 20, 13 go as touchbacks and 39 travel 50 yards or longer … Had a career-long punt of 64 yards against Wisconsin … Had best year as a Tiger in 2014, earning All-SEC Second Team honors after averaging 44.9 yards a punt … Set school record in 2014 with 3,189 punting yards on 71 punts … Two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2014 and 2015 … Terrific athlete who was a high school national champion javelin thrower in Australia ... Also won a national title at the high school level in rowing in 2006 ... Had never taken a snap of competitive football in a game until the 2012 season-opener versus North Texas ... Oldest player on the team as he was 26 years of age when the Tigers opened the 2016 season ... Graduated in December of 2015 with a degree in sports administration.

SENIOR SEASON (2015)Permanent team captain for special teams as voted on by his teammates … Punted 58 times for 2,359 yards and a 40.7 average … Had 18 punts downed inside the 20, five go for touchbacks and six travel 50 yards or longer … Opened season having five of his nine punts downed inside the 20-yard line in win over Mississippi State … Punted seven times for a 42.3 yard average with three fair-catches, two punts of 50-yards or better and two punts downed inside the 20-yard line against Alabama … Booted season-long kick of 63 yards in win over Texas A&M … Had 58 yards punt vs. Mississippi State … Averaged 44.3 yards on six punts vs. Arkansas and 44.5 punts on two punts against Eastern Michigan.

JUNIOR SEASON (2014)Earned All-SEC Second-Team honors after averaging 44.9 yards a punt, which ranks as the third-best total in school history … Set an LSU record in punting yards with 3,189 in 2014 … As a team, LSU ranked No. 3 in the SEC in net punting with a 41.4 average … Ranked No. 2 in the league in punting with 44.9 yards a punt … Tied for second in the SEC in punts downed inside the 20-yard line with 27 (38.0 percent) … Had 17 of his 71 punts travel at least 50 yards … Had a career-high five punts downed inside the 20-yard line versus No. 14 Wisconsin ... Knocked a career-best 64-yard effort during the second quarter against the Badgers ... Registered back-to-back career-high averages with 47.8 yards per punt versus Louisiana-Monroe followed by 51.1 yards per punt against Mississippi State ... Registered a 62-yard punt during the third quarter of the Mississippi State game ... Produced four punts which pinned No. 4 Alabama inside the 20-yard line ... Banged a 62-yard punt during the second quarter of the Alabama contest … Dropped two of his three punts inside the 20-yard line versus Notre Dame at the Music City Bowl.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013)Handled all of the punting duties for the Tigers in all 13 games … Posted a 41.0-yard average over his 43 punt attempts … Had 18 of his 43 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and 10 efforts of 50-plus yards … Notched a career-long 58 yard punt against UAB … Three of his four punts at Ole Miss were downed inside the 20-yard line … Booted two punts inside the 20-yard line highlighted by a 56-yarder against Texas A&M ... Punted a career-high 10 times and averaged a career-best 46.9-yard average against Iowa in the Outback Bowl … Had five punts of 50-plus yards and placed four punts inside the 20-yard line versus the Hawkeyes, both career-highs.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012)Played in two games for the Tigers in 2012 – the season-opener against North Texas and the season-finale against Clemson in the bowl game … Punted a total of 12 times with an average of 43.7 … Six of the 12 kicks traveled at least 50 yards with a long of 58 against Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl … Had three of 12 punts downed inside the 20-yard line … Averaged 44.6 yards on nine punts vs. Clemson and 41.0 on three punts vs. North Texas … Had five of his nine punts travel at least 50 yards vs. Clemson … Had a long of 51 yards vs. North Texas.

HIGH SCHOOLDid not play high school football, but excelled in two other areas – throwing the javelin and rowing … Claimed Australian high school national titles in javelin in 2005 and 2006 and in rowing in 2006 … Represented his state at the Australian National Championships in track and field (javelin and 110 hurdles) for four straight years … Invited to represent Australia at the World School Games in Greece in 2006 and placed seventh … Won the 2006 Oceania 18-under javelin title … Won a total of 13 state rowing titles during his high school career in Australia … Claimed rowing titles in singles, doubles and quad sculls.